AP photographer Nick Ut receives National Medal of Arts
AP photographer Nick Ut, who retired in 2017 after a 51-year career with The Associated Press, today received the National Medal of Arts at the White House.
JAN. 13, 2021
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In this Tuesday April 19,2011 photo showing Associated Press pulitzer prize winning photographer Nick Ut poses for a photo in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
In this Tuesday April 19,2011 photo showing Associated Press pulitzer prize winning photographer Nick Ut poses for a photo in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
AP’s legendary ‘Napalm Girl’ photographer Nick Ut to retire
AP Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut poses for a photo in Los Angeles, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) LOS ANGELES (AP) — It would seem all but impossible to sum up one of the most distinguished careers in photojournalism in only four words, but that’s just what Nick Ut does when he says, “From hell to […]
MARCH 13, 2017
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Ex-AP writer McArthur, who covered Vietnam, dies
This April 28, 1972 file photo shows once-and-future bureau chiefs at The Associated Press’ Saigon bureau, from left, George Esper (1973-75), Malcolm Browne (1961-64), George McArthur (1968-69), Edwin Q. White (1965-67), and Richard Pyle (1970-73). McArthur, a former AP foreign correspondent who reported all over the world and spent years in Saigon covering the Vietnam […]
APRIL 13, 2013
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Longtime AP track writer Bert Rosenthal dies at 79
FILE – This Jan. 10, 1980, file photo, shows Associated Press sports writer Bert Rosenthal in New York. Rosenthal, who became one of the top track and field writers in the United States in more than four decades with The Associated Press, died Sunday night, Nov. 15, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz., where he had lived […]
NOV. 17, 2015
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AP to release first all-time college basketball ranking
AP will release the all-time rankings, along with analysis, stories looking back at the history of the poll, and other details, on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Teams on the list will include the first-ever No. 1 in an AP poll, St. Louis, as well as teams that haven’t been in the poll for generations, including Seattle […]
DEC. 7, 2023
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Search for remains of disappeared dissidents begins in Brazilian cemetery
SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government has started searching a cemetery for the remains of political dissidents who disappeared during Brazil’s former military dictatorship. The Human Rights Office of the Brazilian presidency said in an e-mailed statement that about 10 dissidents who disappeared during the military’s rule 1964 to 1985 could be buried in […]
NOV. 11, 2010
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Search for remains of disappeared dissidents begins in Brazilian cemetery
SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government has started searching a cemetery for the remains of political dissidents who disappeared during Brazil’s former military dictatorship. The Human Rights Office of the Brazilian presidency said in an e-mailed statement that about 10 dissidents who disappeared during the military’s rule 1964 to 1985 could be buried in […]
NOV. 11, 2010
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FILE - This Feb. 15, 1985 file photo shows former AP photographer Ed Kolenovsky transmitting photos at the bureau office in Houston. Kolenovsky, who for some 40 years chronicled development of the nation's space program, covered countless Gulf Coast hurricanes and travelled the world taking photos of championship fights and other sports for the AP, has died, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. He was 87.(AP Photo, File)
Longtime AP photographer Edward Kolenovsky dies at 87
This Feb. 15, 1985 file photo shows former AP photographer Ed Kolenovsky transmitting photos at the bureau office in Houston. (AP Photo) Terry Kolenovsky said her father-in-law died at the Houston-area home of her and her husband, Edward Kolenovsky Jr. She said he had Parkinson’s disease and dementia and been hospitalized, but that he insisted […]
MAY 17, 2016
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Thurston County Superior Court Judge Chris Lanese speaks during a hearing on a lawsuit filed against the Washington Legislature by a coalition of news media organizations over records access, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Lanese is weighing the case that will determine whether the Legislature is fully subject to the state's public records act. He heard arguments for more than two hours Friday in a key hearing in the case brought by a coalition of news organizations led by The Associated Press, who sued in September. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Judge Washington state lawmakers’ emails, texts are public
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Chris Lanese speaks during a hearing on a lawsuit filed against the Washington Legislature by a coalition of news media organizations over records access in Olympia, Washington, Dec. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The emails, text messages and other records held by Washington state lawmakers are subject to public disclosure, […]
JAN. 19, 2018
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The Delta State basketball court is seen, Feb. 17, 2026, in Cleveland, Miss. (AP Photo/Alanis Thames)
Delta State’s women’s basketball legacy endures even as national spotlight has faded
A sparse crowd drifted into Walter Sillers Coliseum for Delta State’s first women’s basketball game in 1973. It was a 4 p.m. tipoff against Holmes Community College, announced only in the local paper in rural Cleveland, Mississippi. There were no tickets, no concessions or buzz. Just a handful of curious women’s basketball fans with no […]
APRIL 2, 2026
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FILE - Colorado wide receiver Travis Hunter (12) flies in for a touchdown past, from left, Utah linebacker Johnathan Hall, cornerback Smith Snowden and safety Nate Ritchie during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
AP All-America team: Travis Hunter, Xavier Watts back on first team; Ashton Jeanty is unanimous pick
Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter of Colorado was a first-team selection at two spots and a second-team pick at another on The Associated Press All-America team announced Monday. Hunter and Notre Dame safety Xavier Watts were repeat first-team selections, and Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty was the only unanimous pick after he posted one of the […]
DEC. 16, 2024
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FILE - In this April 7, 2013, file photo, Associated Press college basketball writer Jim O'Connell, left, is honored by Louisville coach Rick Pitino after a news conference at the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament in Atlanta. O'Connell died Monday, July 2, 2018. He was 64. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
AP Basketball Writer Jim O’Connell dead at age 64
In this April 7, 2013, photo, Associated Press College Basketball Writer Jim O’Connell, left, is honored by Louisville coach Rick Pitino after a news conference at the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) NEW YORK (AP) — Jim O’Connell, the longtime college basketball writer for The Associated Press and a […]
JULY 2, 2018
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